What perfect timing for Gov. Parnell. His newly appointed fisheries policy advisor might be able to advise him on the scope of this disaster.. That is if he's not too overwhelmed with the learning curve of what a fish is...

This is a terrible event. I hope I never read an article similar to the one linked below about a breach in a tailings dam in Bristol Bay.

http://www.waterwealthproject.com/mount_polley

Mining industry self regulation will never be sufficient and the State of Alaska's legislators and mining lobbyists are equally not interested in protecting Bristol Bay, otherwise they would be putting in place those protections needed to exclude miining in salmon senstive areas of Bristol Bay. Instead, the likes of Parnell, Young and Murkowski spend a lot of energy fighting the EPA's investigation of the area.

I listened to Murkowski's political blah on her trip to Dillingham in June, and I find it unbelievable how she stated she wanted to stand with the people of the watershed, but continues to not put any effort in protecting the headwaters of Bristol Bay.

any questions, pebble mine supporters? click on first news story, and watch the video. Try to imagine that in the scope of the pebble mine tailing pond, which I'm pretty sure is orders ofmagnitude larger than this one that failed catastrophically! Couldn't happen, you say? Dream on.